Richard Polo Sr. is a financial advisor with Retirement Wealth Management, LLC, holding the PFS™ and Series 63 designations and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cetera and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC from 2005 to 2020 and has maintained a separate public accounting and tax consulting practice, Polo Financial, since 2000. Polo Financial provides personal and corporate tax return preparation and consulting services. Retirement Wealth Management, LLC manages approximately $60.7 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and strategies, and offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and insurance consulting.

Christopher Cullina is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience. He is currently with M.K. Byrne & Co. LLC and previously worked at Cetera Advisors LLC/Nicholas Pascarella & Co. as OSJ and Jennison Associates. M.K. Byrne & Co. LLC provides tax planning, personal financial planning, and investment advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth families. The firm employs a tactical asset-allocation approach within a modified Modern Portfolio Theory framework and combines investment management with coordinated tax and financial planning.

Michael Kelly is a financial advisor at Podell Financial Group LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Eagle Strategies LLC and Nylife Securities LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent in New Jersey. Podell Financial Group LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies tailored to client objectives and manages both individual and employer-sponsored retirement accounts.

Jared Friedman is a CFP® professional with over 21 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has worked at IFS Securities, Inc. and IFS Advisory, LLC, and has been with Redwood Financial Planning, LLC since 2010, where he currently serves as President. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent specializing in life and health insurance. Redwood Financial Planning, LLC manages approximately $213 million for individual, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, third-party asset manager selection, and financial planning, using a combination of fundamental analysis and tactical overlay strategies.

Pradeep Niphadkar is a financial advisor at Excel Capital Management Corp with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has been with Excel Capital Management since 2000. Excel Capital Management Corp. provides discretionary investment management and financial advice primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, small businesses, and corporations. The firm uses a core-and-satellite investment approach combining index funds with actively managed securities and conducts formal portfolio reviews monthly or quarterly.

Michael Greco is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with GCI Financial Group since 2001 and is a 50% owner of the firm. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as President of the Jockey Hollow Professional Office Park Condominium Board. GCI Financial Group, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, pension, and corporate clients. The firm manages approximately $105 million using individualized investment strategies with continuous supervision and quarterly reviews, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Leslie Beck is a CFP® with 26 years of experience in financial advising, currently with Compass Wealth Management, LLC in Rutherford, NJ. She has held roles at Strategic Blueprint, LLC and The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc., and has also taught at William Paterson University and Bloomfield College. Outside of advising, she is a partner in 379 Associates LLC, a small business consulting and personal coaching firm. Compass Wealth Management provides financial planning and investment advice focused on retirement, education, estate, insurance, and special-needs planning. The firm emphasizes comprehensive written plans tailored to clients’ goals and does not directly manage client assets, instead facilitating implementation through affiliated registered advisers.

Robert Mastrandrea is a financial advisor at East Coast Wealth Management, Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with the firm since 2005. In addition to his advisory role, Mastrandrea owns a CPA and tax consulting practice. East Coast Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts and business entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm constructs portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers, applying a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term orientation.

Francis Astorino is a CFP® with 42 years of industry experience, currently serving at The Astorino Financial Group, Inc., where he has worked since 1998. He also maintains a long-term association with LPL Financial beginning in 2003. Astorino is a notary public and has experience selling non-variable insurance products through outside companies. The Astorino Financial Group provides stand-alone financial planning and consulting services to individuals and retirement plan clients, delivering written plans and recommendations on investment, estate, insurance, and tax-related matters. The firm does not provide investment supervisory or portfolio management services but assists clients who choose to implement recommendations through LPL Financial or other providers.

Theodore Fiore is a financial advisor at Diversified Planning Strategies Advisors LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Company, Jones Lang Lasalle, Primerica Advisors, and Keller Williams. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers as a youth basketball coach at Saint Catherine of Siena School in Cedar Grove, NJ. Diversified Planning Strategies Advisors LLC provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $154 million in assets across about 364 client accounts, using third-party model portfolios and a sub-adviser for trading and reporting, while handling client supervision and advice internally.

Kevin Gibney is a financial advisor at Kevin M. Gibney and Company, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has led his firm since 2009. Gibney is also a licensed insurance producer in multiple states. Kevin M. Gibney and Company, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, using a range of strategies including equity investments, option writing, and independent manager allocations.

Vanessa Curran is a financial advisor at Kevin M. Gibney and Company, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with the firm since 2012. In addition to her advisory role, she is a licensed insurance producer in several states. Kevin M. Gibney and Company, LLC serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management along with financial planning and consulting, managing approximately $296 million in client assets.

Edgar Lara is a financial advisor at Sacks & Associates, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Sacks & Associates since 2008, including a concurrent role at Mutual Securities, Inc. from 2015 to 2021. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Zenith Marketing Group, Inc., an insurance and annuity brokerage firm. Sacks & Associates advises individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business entities, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial and retirement planning. The firm emphasizes long-term purchase strategies and tailors recommendations based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Steven Puckett is the sole advisor at Fiduciary Pension Partners, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fiduciary Pension Partners since 2016 and was associated with Gateway Advisory, LLC from 2016 to 2022. Outside of advisory services, he is a majority member and part-owner of Boathouse Investment Properties, LLC, a real estate management business. Fiduciary Pension Partners serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and retirement plan sponsors by providing discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting. The firm employs a varied investment approach incorporating multiple analytical methods and manages both advisory and consulting assets, with a notable pension plan consulting presence.

Theodore Groesbeck is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Groesbeck Investment Management Corp since 1999. Groesbeck Investment Management Corp is an employee-owned investment adviser that provides discretionary equity portfolio management to high net worth individuals, trusts, endowments, pension plans, and IRAs. The firm focuses on two primary equity strategies—Growth of Income and Growth—using a bottom-up research process emphasizing dividend-growth potential and above-average earnings prospects.

John Zeltmann is a CFP® and CFA® with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with S.F. Ehrlich Associates, Inc. since 2007. S.F. Ehrlich Associates provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a strategic asset-allocation framework that combines passive and active investment strategies. The firm offers ongoing portfolio management as well as stand-alone planning and consulting engagements under a fee-only, asset-based advisory model.

Marc Bautis is a financial advisor at Bautis Financial, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Bautis Financial since 2008. The firm provides discretionary investment supervisory services and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately 275 client relationships with around $197 million in discretionary assets. Bautis Financial emphasizes client-specific Investment Policy Statements and employs a range of analytical tools to implement diversified trading strategies across multiple asset classes.

Joseph Orlando Jr. is a financial advisor with VCP Financial LLC in Staten Island, NY, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. Before joining VCP Financial in 2019, he worked at First Standard Financial Company from 2016 to 2019. Outside of advisory work, he serves as president of Buy Long Enterprises, a corporation involved with maintaining financial records. VCP Financial LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and other advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm uses a multifaceted investment approach, including fundamental and technical analysis and various trading strategies, and is notable for managing a significant portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis and its affiliation with related investment entities.

Peter Christakos is a financial advisor with Westfield Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 22 years of industry experience. He has been involved in multiple business activities including owning a CPA firm, Christakos & Co., and working as a real estate agent with Century 21 and Christakos Real Estate. He also teaches as an adjunct professor in the CFP program at Fairleigh Dickinson University and instructs CPAs nationwide on financial planning. Westfield Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management alongside personal financial planning and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs tailored asset allocations using various investment vehicles and combines fundamental, cyclical, and technical analysis to support both long-term and tactical strategies.

Lawrence McMillan is a financial advisor with McMillan Analysis Corporation, holding 21 years of industry experience. He has been with McMillan Analysis Corp. since 1990. McMillan Analysis Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management focused on option-based strategies to individuals, banks, investment companies, trusts, and other advisers. The firm combines active options-focused asset management with a commercial publishing and data business, offering subscription newsletters, seminars, software products, and commodity futures/options advice.